• Bryan Cranston tells USA Today what had to happen before he could play President Lyndon Johnson: “What happens is there is a cleansing. That character, Walter White, washes away and I allow him to die and move him aside.”

• At the annual meeting for Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, Yahoo Finance asks Vince Gilligan about Buffett’s Breaking Bad superfandom, and he says, “This guy’s an amazing guy. To hear he was a fan of the series was just astounding and unbelievably flattering.”

• The Wall Street Journal‘s summer movie preview spotlights Equity, saying the film, which stars Anna Gunn, “does deliver one strong message about equality: In the world of big business deals, women can be just as cutthroat as men.”

• Moira Walley-Beckett talks to the Canadian Press about “Ozymandias,” saying the episode “was so full of final moments and it was just like the whole series — with the exception of the finale — was culminating to these explosions, these plot explosions, and these character emotional explosions.”

• Discussing her new Anne of Green Gables project with the Canadian Press, Moira Walley-Beckett says she’s on the hunt for “a 12-year-old female Bryan Cranston.”

• Speaking to the Albuquerque Journal about how much he enjoyed filming Breaking Bad in Albuquerque, Bryan Cranston says, “I still have a house there. It’s a great place, and we’ll always be tied.”

• The Daily Herald‘s dream lineup of TV characters includes Walt: “Credit the amazing Bryan Cranston and creator Vince Gilligan for making us care about the cancer-ridden chemistry teacher who becomes a murderous meth kingpin. I was almost sad to see him go after five seasons. (Almost.)”

• Speaking with The Virginian-Pilot about playing Huell, Lavell Crawford says, “Working with actors like Bryan Cranston was incredible. He’s an amazing actor. Who else can go from nice to evil with such ease?”